Improvement in jewelry-charms



S. COLEMAN. Jewelry-Charm.

No. 219,445. Patented Sept.'9,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON COLEMAN, OF THE TAXING DISTRICT OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN JEWELRY-CHARMS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 219,445, dated September9, 1879; application -filed April 21, 1879.

To all whom 1' t may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON COLEMAN, of

the Taxing District of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State ofTennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Jewelry, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The principal object of this invention is to adapt a match box or safeto serve as an article of ornament as well as for use in convenientlyaccessible position.

To this end tlie'invenrion consists in providing a charm for the watchor other chain, or a setting fora breastpin or ring, in any metal orother suitable material, constructed with a receptacle for matches and ahinged lid or cover, to be opened by a spring arrangement acting by apressure from the fingers of -the hand from the outside, one side orface of the box having a roughened surface to strike the matches on.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of thedevice adapted for a charm for the watch-chain, showing the box open.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same closed. Fig. 3 is atransverse section thereof. Fig. 4is perspective view of the deviceadapted for a finger-ring. Fig. 5 is a top view thereof adapted to abreastpin.

B is the box, and C its cover, hinged at A, and held shut by a hasp, D,and catch E, connected to a slide, E, and advanced by a spring.

, A stud, H, on the end of the slide F extends out through one end ofthe box, to receive the pressure of the thumb for releasing the hasp. Aspring, I, throws up the cover when thus released. The roughened surfacefor striking matches is int'iicatvd at J.

" In adapting the device for a watch-chain charm, the stud H and a rigidstud, K, projecting from the opposite end of the box, furnish a hingeattachment for a pendant, L, by which-it is suspended from the chain.The said pendant constitutes the spring of the slid ing catch E F. Whenthe pendantis not used the catch will either operate by a separatespring or be so attached to the box as. to form its own spring.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A charm or setting for jewelry, consisting of a box or receptacle, B,provided with a hasp, D, a slide, F, having catch E, a pushstud, H, anda device for attaching the article, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 4th day of April, 1879.

SOLOMON COLEMAN.

In presence of- JAMES B. 000K, H. E. GooDLET.

